To explain a little about what this post will be about, every Trope Tuesday post starts with the same introduction. In every romance book you read there are tropes or archetypes you find inside its pages. You can also see them in shows, movies, plays, etc. Every type of entertainment and media. Romantic tropes are everywhere, and they are fabulous. I adore them and I always tend to find my favorite ones in romance books so I can enjoy them even more. Trope Tuesday is a weekly column where I share books that I know people will enjoy with a specific central trope.
What is a trope? Urban Dictionary explains it best: “Despite the erroneous definitions already published here, trope on the interwebs really refers to an often overused plot device. It can also be described as another variation on the same theme. TV shows, movies, comics, games, anime’, & books are full of tropes & many rabid fan-sites now name & track said tropes with self-explanatory title for each one.” We can name a few: accidental pregnancy, best friends to lovers, sibling’s best friend, marriage of convenience, and so many more. Your favorite couples? They probably got a trope too! It’s always so nice to realize or find out your favorite romance trope and keep searching for books with the same theme. So really? I’m just helping you find that new favorite book of yours. If ever you want a post on a trope I haven’t done yet, do drop me a tweet at @thebookvoyagers and let me know!
I decided to do this trope because I love knowing that the main characters — the main couple — have known each other since diapers. And every single one of these books that I’m showing you today have this. Their parents have known each other for so long and they’re best friends so when their kids were born they have to have spent a lot of time together. Maybe because of this, they have been best friends since kindergarten. Or maybe they meet each other every year because their families decided they wanted to spend a holiday together. Either way, these next couples know a lot about each other, their embarrassing moments in their teen years, their glow-ups and their heartbreaks. But they are all still together and falling in love is just the most natural thing to do.